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This page from the Center for Aviation and Automotive Technical Education (CA2VES) and the Florida Advanced Technological Education Center for Manufacturing (FLATE) provides a lesson plan for high school students entitled, "Manufacturing Your Way to a Brighter Future."  This 7-page lesson plan...

The National Science Foundation has provided this interesting report on the outlook for manufacturing in the United States. The text discusses the "myth of manufacturing's demise" and touches on some manufacturing history while looking forward towards new technologies like rapid prototyping, as well...

This resource, published by Georgia Tech Research Institute, features an science activity designed for eighth graders. In this activity, students engage as environmental engineers to determine how the oil from the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill landed at the bottom of the ocean in order to prevent...

These zipped documents from MatEd provide information on designing a course titled Mastercam Fundamentals Orientation. At the end of the course, students will be able to apply understanding in the use of Mastercam CAD/CAM software to complete wire frame designs, create design of solid models using...

Unit Description: FLATE, the Florida Advanced Technological Education Center for Manufacturing, has developed a series of “Made in Florida” lesson plans to prepare students for careers in manufacturing. These Lesson Plans are intended to enrich science, technology, engineering, and mathematics...

This activity from the Florida Advanced Technological Education (FL-ATE) Center asks students to use the concepts of measurement and precision in the context of designing and manufacturing surgical instruments. The interdisciplinary lesson plan involves science, computer technology, math and...

This page is a course overview for Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s (MIT) course 2.875, Mechanical Assembly and Its Role in Product Development.  It is designed to serve as an introductory course for students interested in mechanical, manufacturing, and industrial engineering. Topics covered...

This four-page document demonstrates how the College of Lake County (CLC) Mechatronics Technology Program aligns with the Siemens Mechatronic Systems Certification Program, Level 1 Mechatronics Systems Assistant and Level 2 Mechatronics Systems Associate. This document, prepared by the Florida...

This short video, created by National Center for Next Generation Manufacturing (NCNGM), explores careers in advanced manufacturing. The state of Connecticut is looking for community colleges to produce the next generation of skilled workers in this increasingly growing field. Some of the possible...

The Negional Center for Next Generation Manufacturing (NCNGM) addresses the need for highly skilled workers in the manufacturing workplace by building programs that provide resources to educators and students interested in learning new technologies in manufacturing. The NCNGM is directed by the...